Well done Anne, I checked twice to see if Halsted referred to a Suffolk parish - but with no luck, and so I thought of Halstead in Essex (incorrectly). You have come up trumps! Pat ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Chambers" <[email protected]> > Ancestry has Cricksford's > Theophilus Luddington > College: MAGDALENE > Entered: Easter, 1627 > More Information: Matric. sizar from MAGDALENE, Easter, 1627; B.A. > 1630-1; M.A. 1634. Ord. deacon and priest > (Lincoln) July 5, 1646. R. of Hawstead, Suffolk, 1648. (W. A. Shaw, I. > 355.) > > and Google Books has this > http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e_4HAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=%22theophilus+luddington%22&source=bl&ots=8eQCa0Phjx&sig=iBN9nxAPtq373jn6x-ThKbBeA1k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_NQgUKWkDIuiiAfT_YDgCg&ved=0CGUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22theophilus%20luddington%22&f=false > > Halstead and Hawstead seem to be interchangeable > > and there is a marriage for a Theophilus Luddington and ffrancis Oder at > St Peters Cornhill here > http://www26.us.archive.org/stream/registerofallchr01stpe/registerofallchr01stpe_djvu.txt > Theophilus Luddington & ffrancis Oder > jan 12 1647 > > Anne > South Australia > > > Paul Luddington wrote: >> Hi all >> I am hoping someone might be able to help? I am looking to find out if >> one of mine, who I have found out was vicar of Halsted in 1648 till his >> death in 1670, a Theophilus Luddington, had any family there? >> Would anyone have the records for the time to have a look-up for me, or >> were would I find them? >> Thank you for your time. >> Regards >> Paul luddington